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Kelly Beskin, M.S. Student
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Advisor: Tomberlin<\/p>\n

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Kevin Deitz, Ph.D. Student<\/strong>\"kevin_dietz\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advisor: Slotman<\/a><\/p>\n

email:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 kcdeitz@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Malaria vector population genetics<\/p>\n

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\"Golnar2\"Andrew Golnar, PhD student<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advisor: Gabe Hamer<\/a><\/p>\n

email:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 agolnar@tamu.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Arbovirus transmission ecology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Justin Bejcek, Masters Student<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advisor: Gabe Hamer<\/p>\n

Non-thesis M.S. Student in Veterinary Public Health- Epidemiology
\nProject: Kissing bugs and Chagas disease in Texas<\/p>\n

email: jbejcek13@tamu.edu<\/p>\n

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Heather Eggleston (Ph.D. student-Genetics)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advisor: Adelman<\/p>\n

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\"620647_3771862266454_1703345776_o\"Zach Popkin-Hall, PhD student<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advisor: Slotman<\/a><\/p>\n

email:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 zachary.popkin@gmail.com<\/span><\/p>\n

Molecular Evolution of Sensory Proteins in Malaria Mosquitoes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"chloe\"Chloe Hawkings, PhD student<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Advisor: Tamborindeguy<\/a><\/p>\n

email:\u00a0chawkings@tamu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Ordom_Huot\"Ordom Huot, PhD student<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advisor: Tamborindeguy<\/a><\/p>\n

email:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 obh6@neo.tamu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

The effect of plant induced defense on herbivorous insect and their endosymbionts<\/p>\n

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\"lu_cuttiford\"Lue Cuttiford, PhD student<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advisor: Tomberlin<\/a><\/p>\n

email:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 spiderylue@gmail.com<\/a>
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The behavioral and physiological ecology of flies associated with carrion<\/p>\n

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\"ZhengLe Zheng, PhD student<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advisor: Tomberlin<\/a><\/p>\n

The influence of bacterial strain the development and survivorship of competing blow fly larvae<\/p>\n

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\"KarenPoh_crop-1\"Karen Poh, PhD student<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advisor:\u00a0 Gabe Hamer<\/a><\/p>\n

email:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 karenpoh@neo.tamu.edu<\/a>
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Spatial epidemiology of West Nile virus<\/p>\n

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Carolyn Hodo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advisor:\u00a0 Sarah Hamer<\/a><\/p>\n

NIH T32 Graduate Research Fellow<\/p>\n

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\"freddie-1\"<\/strong>Freddy Ibanez, PhD student<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advisor: Tamborindeguy<\/a><\/p>\n

email:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 fibanez@neo.tamu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"JonesBrittny Jones, PhD student<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advisor: Tomberlin<\/a><\/p>\n

email:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 moonbri_88@tamu.edu<\/a>
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Nutrition ecology and mating behavior of the black soldier fly<\/p>\n

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\"lu_cuttiford\"<\/strong>Lue Cuttiford, PhD Student<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advisor: Tomberlin<\/a><\/p>\n

Behavioral and physiological ecology of flies associated with carrion<\/p>\n

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\"Holcomb<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chelsea Holcomb, PhD student<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advisor: Tomberlin<\/a><\/p>\n

email:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 holcomb.chelsea@gmail.com<\/a>
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Interkingdom interactions of fire ants and microbes<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Alyssa Myers, NSF Graduate Research Fellow<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Mashlawi\"<\/strong>Abadi Mashlawi, MS Student
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Advisor: Tomberlin<\/p>\n

\u00a0Interkingdom messaging between mosquitoes and the pathogens responsible for Buruli Ulcer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0Justin Overcash, Ph.D. student (Genetics)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Shavonn Whiten, Ph.D. student<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advisor: Adelman<\/p>\n

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\"fengchun\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spring Yang, MS student<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advisor: Tomberlin<\/a><\/p>\n

email:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 springyang@tamu.edu<\/a>
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Gene functional respones of microbes in the gut of starved black soldier fly larvae<\/p>\n

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Italo Zecca, MPH student<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advisor: Sarah Hamer<\/p>\n

CVM Diversity Fellow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kelly Beskin, M.S. Student Advisor: Tomberlin     Kevin Deitz, Ph.D. Student Advisor: Slotman email:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 kcdeitz@gmail.com Malaria vector population genetics Andrew Golnar, PhD student Advisor: Gabe Hamer email:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 agolnar@tamu.edu Arbovirus transmission ecology Justin Bejcek, Masters Student Advisor: Gabe Hamer Non-thesis M.S. Student in Veterinary Public Health- Epidemiology Project: Kissing bugs and Chagas disease in Texas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":493,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-135","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGraduate Students - Vector Biology Research Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/college.agrilife.org\/vectorbiology\/graduate-students\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Graduate Students - Vector Biology Research Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kelly Beskin, M.S. 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